David Bar-Hayim
| Rabbi David Bar-Hayim | |
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| Position | Founder and director |
| Organisation | Shilo Institute |
| Personal details | |
| Birth name | David Mandel |
| Born |
24 February 1960 (age 57) Sydney, Australia |
| Nationality | Australian / Israeli |
| Residence | Jerusalem, Israel |
| Occupation | Rabbi, Dayan, Posek |
| Profession | Av Beit Din at Beth HaWa'ad Rabbinical Court |
| Alma mater | Merkaz Harav Kook Yeshiva |
| Semicha | Rabbi Yosef Kapach |
David Bar-Hayim (Hebrew: דוד חנוך יצחק ב"ר חיים, born David Mandel on February 24, 1960) is an Israeli Orthodox rabbi who heads the Shilo Institute (Machon Shilo), a Jerusalem-based rabbinical court and institute of Jewish education dedicated to the Torah of Israel.
Rabbi Bar-Hayim was born in Sydney, Australia. After moving to Israel in 1977, he initially studied in Yeshivat HaKotel, and subsequently in Merkaz Harav Kook in Jerusalem. He studied under Rabbi Moshe Zuriel, and received rabbinic ordination from Rabbi Yosef Kapach.
For a number of years, Bar-Hayim taught Talmud, Halakha, and Jewish philosophy in Yeshivat Nahalath Tzvi.
He now lectures in the greater Jerusalem area, and publishes articles in both English and Hebrew on various web sites. Though he is Orthodox, Bar-Hayim prefers the terms "Halakhic" or "Torah" Judaism, explaining that the term "Orthodox" Judaism is flawed by its very definition.
Bar-Hayim lives in Jerusalem with his wife and eight children.
Bar-Hayim has proposed the re-establishment of the customs of Israel, religious observances and practices that reflect those of the pre-exile Jewish communities in Israel, rather than those of Babylon or Europe. For this purpose, he has published a prayer book intended to reflect the original composition of early Israel, based upon the Jerusalem Talmud.
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